It’s strange that Regan and her husband left their house without sending back my messenger.

GENTLEMAN

As I learned,

The night before there was no purpose in them

Of this remove.

GENTLEMAN

According to what I heard, they had no travel plans as of last night.

5

KENT

(to LEAR) Hail to thee, noble master!

KENT

(to LEAR) Hail, noble master!

LEAR

Ha! Makest thou this shame thy pastime?

LEAR

What’s this? Are you sitting around in this humiliation to amuse yourself?

KENT

No, my lord.

KENT

No, my lord.

FOOL

Ha, ha! Look, he wears cruel garters. Horses are tied by the
heads, dogs and bears by the neck, monkeys by the loins,
and men by the legs. When a man’s overlusty at legs, then
he wears wooden nether-stocks.

FOOL

Ha, ha! That’s a nasty garter belt. You tie up horses by their heads, dogs and bears by their necks, monkeys by their waists, and humans by their legs. When a person’s prone to wanderlust, he has to wear wooden socks, like a chastity belt around his ankles.

LEAR

(to KENT) What’s he that hath so much thy place mistook

To set thee here?

LEAR

(to KENT) Who could have misunderstood your assigment so completely as to lock you up like this?